United States--1986

• 1 February 1986: New Jersey Network is the first to screen the package of five surviving Patrick Troughton stories:

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PATRICK TROUGHTON

The War Games - Omnibus end of part one "To be continued" caption

Five stories, 30 episodes (also in "movie length" omnibus editions):

TT	The Dominators	5
UU	The Mind Robber	5
WW	The Krotons	4
XX	The Seeds of Death	6
ZZ	The War Games	10

-The regeneration clip from The Tenth Planet was apparently grafted onto the start of The Dominators by some PBS stations. - In its omnibus form, The War Games is issued as a two-parter (episodes one to five, six to ten).

• 1986: The NJN documentary Doctor Who's Who's Who screens.

• By May 1986, the BBC buys all the shares in Lionheart Television Inc. The BBC had owned only 2%, the other 98% split 50/50 between Western World TV and Public Media Inc. Lionheart was clearing a profit of US$1million per year.

• 8 May 1986: Setting off from Washington DC, with Peter Davison and BBC 1 Controller, Michael Grade in attendance, the Doctor Who USA Tour begins its two-year, multi-city tour (two cities per week). It is hoped that all 185+ markets where Doctor Who is screened across America will be visited. (See the full coverage on our dedicated page.)

The Inheritors of Time

• May 1986: Although advertised as opening this month, the stage-play The Inheritors of Time is cancelled due to various copyright issues.

• August 1986: After 23 issues, the US Marvel comic is cancelled due to falling sales.

• August to December 1986: Ballantine Books publishes US editions of the six Make Your Own Adventure books that had been published by Severn House in the UK, re-branding them as Find Your Fate books. New covers are painted by Gail Bennett. They retail for $2.50.

• 1986: The North American Doctor Who Appreciation Society (NADWAS) winds up.